The Brightest Light of All

As you can see I'm making revision on my story so constructive criticism is needed!

Warning: Leon will be OOC because my theory that his badass attitude is a mask and that he's actually having Borderline Personality Disorder where he's cute, shy, sweet, and more importantly, very down on himself, and berating himself for no apparent reason...OH and Leon has a beautiful singing voice...The BPD is caused by the chocobo we all know and love! Also, ignore the mentioned OCs in this chapter, the Only OCs that will be relevant are Leon's alter egos, and Miyiko because his abilities make him useful. This fic will be having triggers and mentions of almost-rape, cutting, suicidal thoughts, also There is M rated content in certain chapters...

Now enjoy the Fic!

"Normal" talking

'italics' Thinking

"BOLD" Dark Leon talking.

Disclaimer: Don't own jack!

Chapter 1

Leon was waking up in his small sized bed. He had just been dealing with his daily night terrors again...where Cloud...

The brunette shook his head to shake the thought away. It didn't matter anymore if his nightmares were real or not because the blonde warrior was back safe and sound.

"Why do you even think about that 'Bitch?'" A deep voice asked, almost sounding like Leon, but a bit deeper and much more condescending.

Leon sighed as he turned around to see a mirror image of himself, the only differences being the height and hair length. This person was Dark Leon, but he preferred to be called just 'Dark' to make it easier.

Dark was only able to be seen by Leon preventing anyone else from seeing him, not to mention he had the ability of flight. The dark brunette had manifested when Leon, or rather 'Squall', arrived at Traverse Town.

"Morning to you too, Dark," Leon greeted with a soft smile and then yawned...very adorably. Only Dark ever got to see such sights like Leon with his 'Mask' off or moments where Leon was cute like this. The Dark version of Leon grinned at the drowsy brunette in the bed.

"Hikari, did you know you yawn just like a kitten?" Dark said still wearing his friendly grin which only grew wider when Leon blushed lightly at the comment.

"W-what?! Shut up!" The scarred adult yelled as he looked away in embarrassment.

"Anyway, Why are you still living in this shit hole of an apartment? You should be making enough money to afford a better place to stay, so why are you still living in this piece of shit apartment!?" Dark yelled at the smaller brunette, voice laced with irritation.

This had caused Leon to cringe at the irritation because when Dark was this annoyed people usually ended up getting kicked in the face. Literally.

Meanwhile, at the kitchen table of Merlin's House, A spiky blonde man had a list of names on a sheet of note book paper. This man was Cloud Strife, the Ex-SOLDIER, who had returned from finally killing his Darkness, Sephiroth. Now that his Darkness was taken care of, there was only one last goal Cloud had to accomplish.

In fact, said blonde was brooding over the fact that even after all the SHIT he went through, he still didn't find his Light. He couldn't have Aerith, Tifa was already dating the Prince of Darkness and was WAY too scary to date, and if he even went anywhere near Yuffie, Neo would torture him until he had no mind left, same goes for Aerith's brother, Necros. So for the next hour, Cloud sat at the table thinking who his destined Light could be.

Cloud rested his head in his hand as he gave up. Why couldn't have a happy ending like Sora and Riku. They were a light and a darkness couple and they were happy as can be.

The door of the house swung open to reveal three people walking in with groceries in hand. Aerith, Miyiko, and Leon were setting down the bags when they noticed their spiky blonde friend's depressed face.

"Okay, what's wrong?" Aerith asked sweetly as she walked over to the blonde's side of table and noticed the piece of paper that he had been writing on. Aerith sighed as she began to comfort the younger man.

"Don't worry, Cloud. You'll find your Light eventually." The auburn haired woman said soothing the blonde's depressive state a little bit. Cloud really wished that Aerith was his light for many reasons; she was reliable, very sweet and caring, and she could take care of herself when she needed too. The sound of a giggle released him from his thoughts.

"Well~, I know exactly who Cloud's Light is!" Miyiko said coquettishly...Only to be bombarded with questions from Cloud, who had seemingly teleported with his face close to his.

"YOU DO?! WHO ARE THEY?! ARE THEY PRETTY?! ARE THEY STRONG?! ARE THEY WEAK?! I'M NOT DESPERATE OR ANYTHING?!" Cloud asked, or rather yelled, these questions so fast and loud that even Yuffie would have been impressed. Miyiko giggled at the Out of Character action the blonde had done.

Cloud, realizing how he acted, put some distance between him and the teen, pink dusting across his face as he cleared his throat.

"So, who is it?" Miyiko grinned mischievously at the question, his smile almost resembling one akin to the Cheshire Cat. The teen looked at Cloud's face and replied to the older male's question.

"Why should I tell you, Cloud-Chan? Besides, wouldn't feel so much more fulfilling to find your Light on your own?" The playful teen then smirked, "Or are you really that desperate to resort to asking for help?"

"Tch, I am not THAT desperate," The blonde told to the younger boy letting his pride take over. "I can easily find my Light without your help." At this reply, Miyiko demeanor went back to playful and childish.

"Good! Then you better find who it is quick! See ya!" Miyiko cheered before running out of the house.

Cloud somehow had a feeling that he was going to regret his decision.

'Yeah, you're definitely not desperate, Cloud.' Leon thought with a chuckle, which he was trying to hold back as Dark floated next to Cloud and began to imitate Cloud's actions. Leon still didn't know why Dark disliked the spiky blonde male so much. Dark claims to say the reason for his dislike of Cloud is because of what the blonde did ten years ago, but even though that is a valid reason, technically speaking Dark is Leon, so shouldn't he also be in love with Cloud too?

"Oh! Cloud, can Leon move in with you?" That question shocked both Cloud and Leon. Leon sighed before trying to tell Aerith that he doesn't need to live anywhere else. Cloud was going to deny it outright, until Aerith glared at them both. Ultimately, they were going to live together or face Aerith's wrath. Obviously, the latter is much more terrifying.

Cloud sighed in defeat. "Alright. I'll let Leon live with me if it makes you happy Aerith."

"This is gonna suck." Dark muttered as he and Leon knew Cloud would find out things that they'd never even wanted the blonde to know.

Afterward...

Leon was pouting a little that he had to leave his old, small apartment. Just because it was low quality and was falling apart doesn't mean it wasn't hospitable or livable. The brunette had no time to process this any further as he almost dropped his bag when he finally saw Cloud's house.

How the hell could someone who's not here for nearly half a year have such a huge mansion like this?! The building was very tall nearly four stories tall and it was very clean and immaculate as well. It had more black color scheme for the paint job.

'Well, this is Cloud we're talking about.' Leon thought as he mused on about the huge, black house. Cloud rubbed the back of his head as he tried to stray away from the subject of how he has such a house all to himself. Truthfully, it's great that Leon was moving in because Cloud was kind of starting feeling a bit lonely in such big home like this.

"Uh...Welcome to my humble abode, I guess?" Cloud wasn't really all that social since he had to take care of that Bastard known as Sephiroth. It took a whole decade, but the fact that Sephiroth was gone for now is SO worth it.

"Humble abode...YOU HAVE A FRICKING WATERFALL!?" Leon shouted pointing to said waterfall by the house. Cloud just groaned as everyone who's been to his house always seemed surprised by the waterfall fountain he had.

"Look, When I was in Olympus Coliseum, I won a lot of tournaments and got loads of Munny, okay?" Cloud explained as he gestured for the brunette to come inside. Leon was amazed at how...Gorgeous the house looked. Everything was neat and orderly and there was not a speck of dust to be seen. The floor was marble, making its bright white color contrast with the black, yet it still looked beautiful.

"Hey, don't look so surprised that it's clean. This is a guy who has no life after all." Dark commented rudely as he floated by Leon earning a glare from the smaller brunette. Dark took notice of the glare he was receiving and glared back.

"Tch, Don't tell me you still care about him? You do know he abandoned you when you needed him most emotionally, right!" Dark shouted at his Hikari trying to make him forget that jerk.

'I-I know I should hate him, but...' Leon just stared at the blonde who was showing him around with a blush forming on his face as he was thinking of blonde ten years ago. Cloud used to be so happy, so brazen, and so cute...Leon closed his eyes as he walked faster, not knowing that Cloud had stopped walking to turn towards the brunette himself.

"So, this will be your room LeAAH!" Cloud yelled as he collided with Leon and they fell to the floor with brunette on top. Leon was wincing in pain and when he opened his eyes he saw the blonde man under him. This resulted in the steel blue eyed male to blush harder.

"Leon...could you...get off? You're kind of heavy." Cloud asked and was also blushing a bit as the man on top of him looked pretty attractive from this angle.

'Wait...Did I just think Leon looked...Attractive?' The spiky blonde haired man was shocked at the fact of him finding another man attractive...well, not that Leon wasn't attractive. The brunette's body practically oozed physical perfection. Cloud even noticed that some GUYS actually checked Leon out, while he was working.

"Gah! I'm so sorry, Cloud!" Leon had yelled as he sprawled onto his feet while he offered a hand to help Cloud up. "Um...Also, Cloud may I sleep with you?"

"...What?" The blonde was dumbfounded. Leon's mannerism not only changed, but he asked him if he could sleep with him. Leon the put his hands up in the air shaking them exasperatedly.

"No, no, no...It's just I have trouble and severe night terrors and I'd really like to not be alone anymore..." Leon voice had become more softer and shyer by the minute. He reminded Cloud of a shrinking violet. Cloud was so confused. Where was the bad ass Leon who'd yelled at him for saying he didn't care what happened to this world? Where was the Leon that would kill heartless with an almost angry kind of calm look on his face? Certainly this couldn't be that same Leon!

Could it?

Leon was blushing at how Cloud was staring at him. It was weird for the other male to just notice him like this. "C-Cloud, You're freaking me out..."

"Oh, OH! Sorry, and uh, yeah you can sleep with me?" Cloud was unsure of how to deal with this. Especially after what happened next.

"REALLY! YAY! THANK YOU, CLOUD!" The brunette cheered. Cheered. Leon Cheered. That just sounded so wrong to Cloud. The blonde simply couldn't imagine the older man to just cheer like, like that! And before he thought it could get any weirder, the brunette suddenly hugged him as well.

"Uh..." Cloud felt like he needed a nice, hot shower. At least something to calm his mind because he truly believed that he was hallucinating this whole entire thing.

So the spiky blonde did just that. Cloud had went to the bathroom after stripping himself of his clothing. He had told Leon to wait in the bedroom since he was now going to be sleeping beside him.

Sighing as the hot water rinsed his body, the spiky blonde's thoughts returned to the topic of finding his Light.

"Maybe I'll never have a Light..." He muttered dejectedly as he was beginning to think that maybe he wasn't meant to have a Light. Well, who could blame the gods for that decision, he was already tainted with so much Darkness it's a miracle that he can even receive light at all. The blonde sighed as he rubbed the side of his back where his wing was.

Meanwhile...

"Keep your personality in check next time, Hikari." Dark had said to Leon as the brunette had gotten his pajamas on.

"I'm sorry Dark, but it's really hard to control myself from slipping to my real personality when I'm around Cloud...I'm so hopeless..." Leon was hugging a pillow as he started to become depressed. "I'm such a weakling too. I've been training for ten years ever since Radiant Garden was conquered, and what have I to show for it..." Leon's voice became low whisper as tears silently fell from his eyes. "Nothing! I'm the weakest warrior here...Even after all my training Cloud, Tifa, and even Sora are still many times stronger..."

"Hikari...Stop berating yourself!" Dark had begged silently as he couldn't do a thing about this. The power to materialize himself into the real world, and yet he knows he can do nothing about this. Dark had then cast a sleep spell on the brunette. Leon had slowly began to drift into sleep.

"It doesn't matter that he won't remember, I'll always know," Dark whispered in a loving voice to his light half. "That you're strongest and brightest Light of all." The dark brunette finished as he kissed Leon's forehead before the brunette fell asleep fully.

Meanwhile, Unbeknownst to everyone, A hooded figure had been watching the town of Radiant Garden from the highest point. The figure motioned her hand to the sky, creating a dark portal that swirled and expanded. Creatures of unknown varieties were dropping from the portal before it closed.

"Go my Nightmares. Reek havoc, and invade this world's dreams. The more nightmares they experience, the stronger I'll become." A feminine, monotone voice had commanded which made the dozens of Black creatures disperse.

The hooded woman chuckled softly, her hood revealing only her glowing silver eyes.

"I sense very powerful Nightmares and dreams from some of the residents of this world, but one stands out exponentially so." The woman said tor herself before holding her hand open to produce a energy orb in her palm. The orb was distorted, but inside was a picture of a brunette beside a spiky blonde haired man. They both were sleeping peacefully.

"I see," The woman's expressionless face cracked a small smile. "This will be much more interesting than I thought."

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